i hear this a lot in regards to ai nowadays, that art is just derivative. a copy of a copy of a copy. i think its important to understand thats also true for human art. the art we make is influenced by all other art we see.
everything is a remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9RYuvPCQUA
yea ai does it in a different way than humans do, i agree. altho i wouldnt say its equivalent to making a perfect copy of something. people wouldnt be using ai if that were all it did.
im also not saying that ai art is as good or even close to as good as art made by humans with purpose and intention behind it, just that both are based on previous existing works in some form